Fotomuseum Winterthur | Events | Saturday, 30.04.2022, 14:00–15:00
Talk: Virginia Woolf: a pioneer of gender research?
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Rowlands/Bogart (Female Dominant), 1982, from the series Hero Sandwich © Lynn Hershman Leeson and Bridget Donahue, New York
During a guided tour and talk, Prof. Dr. Andrea Maihofer, School of Gender Studies at the University of Basel, and Silvia Müri, gender researcher and cultural scientist discuss the significance of Virginia Woolf's Orlando for gender studies. Gender studies are based on the insight that gender and gender relations are not simply natural, but above all social phenomena that are studied in connection with different dimensions of social, ethnic, cultural and sexual differentiation processes.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Maihofer is a philosopher and sociologist with a focus on critical social theory, gender theory and research.
During her ten years as a social worker, Silvia Müri began to study gender studies and cultural studies. She is interested in gender-theoretical meanings of everyday and pop-cultural phenomena.
The event takes place in German.
Admission: CHF 12.– (for members and reduced CHF 10.–)
Subject to change.
This event takes place in the framework of the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf. The 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young noble person in the age of Queen Elizabeth I who lives for centuries without ageing and has the mysterious ability to switch gender. In 1992, film-maker Sally Potter devised what has become a classic adaptation of the book with actress Tilda Swinton in the title role. The exhibition of the same name, developed by Swinton, shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who explore the main themes dealt with in Orlando’s story: gender fluidity, the idea of boundless consciousness and the prospect of living forever.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Maihofer is a philosopher and sociologist with a focus on critical social theory, gender theory and research.
During her ten years as a social worker, Silvia Müri began to study gender studies and cultural studies. She is interested in gender-theoretical meanings of everyday and pop-cultural phenomena.
The event takes place in German.
Admission: CHF 12.– (for members and reduced CHF 10.–)
Subject to change.
This event takes place in the framework of the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf. The 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young noble person in the age of Queen Elizabeth I who lives for centuries without ageing and has the mysterious ability to switch gender. In 1992, film-maker Sally Potter devised what has become a classic adaptation of the book with actress Tilda Swinton in the title role. The exhibition of the same name, developed by Swinton, shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who explore the main themes dealt with in Orlando’s story: gender fluidity, the idea of boundless consciousness and the prospect of living forever.